Beacon Hill

English Etymology 1 Proper noun Beacon Hill en suburb of city/Sydney in the carea/Northern Beaches s/New South Wales c/Australia. en area city/Boston s/Massachusetts c/USA. en https://books.google.com/books?id=LWcLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA194 MHS Collections 1689 Samuel Prince [Letter] Samuel Prince to Thomas Hinckley Massachusetts Historical Society Boston 1756821 1861 series 4, volume 5 194 Soon after, the king's jack was set up at the Fort, and a pair of colors at Beacon Hill: which gave notice to some thousands of soldiers on Charlestown side that the controversy was now to be ended; and multitudes would have been there, but that there was no need. en https://www.google.com/books?id=v78gAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA12 Journal of the Honourable House of Representatives 1764 Boston Green and Russell 1971 Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts 680538824 41 12 Massachusetts Historical Society Ordered, That the Members of Boston prepare the draft of a Bill for the better securing Beacon-Hill in the Town of Boston. en https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858001752991&view=1up&seq=25&skin=2021&q1=%22Beacon%20hill%22 The work on Beacon Hill should be repaired, and, in my opinion, be made strong, as it commands Fort Hill and all the lower works, and would endanger the loss of them, if it should be possessed by the enemy. George Washington [Letter] 1776 Massachusetts Historical Society 1878 Letters from Washington to Heath MHS Collections series 5, volume 4 1756821 5 en https://www.google.com/books?id=o_ZAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA38 M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem, in Four Cantos John Trumbull Hudson and Goodwin Hartford 1103193523 1782 38 Some British officers, soon after Gage's arrival in Boston, walking on Beacon-Hill after sunset, were affrighted by noises in the air (supposed to be the flying of bugs and beetles) which they took to be the sound of bullets, and left the hill with great precipitation en https://archive.org/details/s1collections03massuoft/page/244 MHS Collections Thomas Pemberton 1794 A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston 39966578 Massachusetts Historical Society series 1, volume 3 244 Beacon-hill is the second of a range of three hills which runs from the head of Hanover street W. to the water. This hill is the highest within the peninsula, and is situated on the western side of the Common. It affords an extensive prospect of the harbour, a considerable distance into the bay, and of the surrounding adjacent country. On the top of this hill was fixed a beacon, whence the hill has its name; the design of it was to alarm the country in case of invasion, by setting fire to a barrel of tar fixed on the top of it. en https://www.google.com/books?id=7qZCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA7 The Boston Directory Rhoades and Laughton 55840239 1798 7 A magnificent State House is erected in Boston, on the south side of Beacon hill, fronting the mall, the corner stone of which was laid with great formality and parade on the 4th of July, 1795: this superb edifice over-tops the monument on Beacon Hill. en March 23, 2007 Fred A. Bernstein A Road Trip Back to the Future w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20120411163617/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/travel/escapes/23rudolph.html https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/travel/escapes/23rudolph.html April 11, 2012 0362-4331 1645522 Escapes https://archive.ph/oVRyX In Boston, the Government Center, designed by Rudolph and a team of associated architects, is a vast fortress-like complex of corduroy concrete sweeping around a huge site at the base of Beacon Hill. The building is overwhelming: its facade is nearly a third of a mile long. en metonym The Massachusetts state legislature and government. en https://archive.org/details/WinStar_110278_113078/page/n67 The Winchester Star 1093-0515 November 2, 1978 98 11 Joanne Reiss Rules and Regulations Governing Town Meeting Century Publications Winchester, MA special section 1 Winchester approved the suggestion. Beacon Hill passed the enabling legislation, and the town voters ratified it. en https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1sgAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22beacon+hill+passed%22&pg=PA20 Bread and Dreams Barry MacDonald; et al. University of East Anglia Norwich, England 9780904510102 1982 20 In 1965, when Beacon Hill passed the anti-segregation Racial Imbalance Law and thereby gave the Boston School committee warning of the shape of things to come, Robert Dentler and Alex Rodriguez were still in New York. en https://books.google.com/books?id=U5FOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA398 The Production of Reality Jodi O'Brien Kristen Schilt; Laurel Westbrook Bathroom Battlegrounds SAGE Publications 9781071828915 2022 398 Already in 2009, the Massachusetts Family Institute had run radio ads warning mothers that they may no longer want to let their young daughters use public restrooms because "Beacon Hill is about to make it legal for men to use women's bathrooms." en neighborhood city/Seattle s/Washington c/USA. Etymology 2 en yue 煙墩山. Proper noun Beacon Hill en hill district/Sha Tin sar/Hong Kong. en 1 FEBRUARY 2019 Ruixue Zhang Video: Hong Kong Humans – The students scaling new heights… on Beacon Hill w:Hong Kong Free Press https://archive.ph/zum1q 23 November 2023 https://hongkongfp.com/2019/02/01/video-hong-kong-humans-students-scaling-new-heights-beacon-hill/ Hong Kong As part of our Hong Kong Humans series, Ruixue Zhang finds that the city offers some incredible views… for those brave enough to scale Beacon Hill. en 4 December 2019 Peta Tomlinson Elite living in Central Kowloon’s Beacon Hill, Ho Man Tin and Kadoorie Hill w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20191224172530/https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/special-reports/topics/luxehomes-2019-annual-edition/article/3040515/elite-living https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/special-reports/topics/luxehomes-2019-annual-edition/article/3040515/elite-living December 24, 2019 1563-9371 648902513 Special Reports https://archive.ph/vth3Z There are only 45 units in this low-density and extremely prestigious development on Beacon Hill. It faces south with spectacular views over Kowloon Peninsula, Victoria Harbour and the mountains of The Peak. en neighbourhood area/Kowloon Tong district/Kowloon City sar/Hong Kong. Translations hill in Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 筆架山 area in Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 筆架山